"Human Radiation Injury" is a concise but thorough presentation of known toxicities of radiation exposure in humans. This unique text is the only single reference available that studies the risks to humans from medical, environmental, and accidental or terrorist-related exposure to radiation.
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"Human Radiation Injury" is a concise but thorough presentation of known toxicities of radiation exposure in humans. This unique text is the only single reference available that studies the risks to humans from medical, environmental, and accidental or terrorist-related exposure to radiation.
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Very good. xix, [3], 533, [5] pages. Illustrations (color). References. Index. Foreword by Samuel Hellman, MD. Section II: Whole Body Effects of Radiation, Chapter 8 is "Atomic-Bomb Survivors: Long-term Health Effects of Radiation" by Marbuchi, et al.; and Chapter 12 is "Response to Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism" by Coleman and Bader. Dr. Shrieve is both an MD and a Ph.D. He holds the Rudolph S. and Edna Reese Research Professorship and is the Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Jay Steven Loeffler is an American physician at Massachusetts General Hospital where he serves as Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology since 2000. He is the Herman and Joan Suit Professor of Radiation Oncology and Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School. Human Radiation Injury is a concise but thorough presentation of known toxicities of radiation exposure in humans. This unique text is the only single reference available that studies the risks to humans from medical, environmental, and accidental or terrorist-related exposure to radiation. The chapters cover modern understanding of the molecular and cellular events involved in radiation injury, the known dose-effect relationships for human organ systems, and a full discussion of normal tissue toxicity related to therapeutic radiation. Recommended guidelines are outlined and the best available treatments following injury are also detailed. A companion website offers the fully searchable text and an image bank.
